There are roughly 500,000 iPhone and iPad apps in Apple’s iTunes App Store, and almost that many smartphone and tablet apps in Google’s Android Market. That gives mobile consumers lots of choices, but it has created an untenable situation for mobile developers. Unless you get lucky and your app vaults onto the top-5 or top-10 … Continue reading “Mobile App Search is So Bad AltaVista Could Have Done It. Chomp Is Biting Off the Problem”
Celgene To Pump $45M into Quanticel to Discover Cancer Drugs, Gets Option To Acquire
Celgene and a San Francisco-based cancer drug startup called Quanticel Pharmaceuticals have struck an unusual agreement in which the big company is getting the inside track on a new cancer drug discovery platform, and the little company is arranging upfront for a way to get its venture investors some returns. Summit, NJ-based Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) … Continue reading “Celgene To Pump $45M into Quanticel to Discover Cancer Drugs, Gets Option To Acquire”
Come Get Coffee With Xconomy at Our Tuesday Meetup. And GI Alumni, Bring Your Swag
We spend most of our time at Xconomy banging out stories about innovation, and putting together our big conferences like “The Genetics Institute Impact” coming up Dec. 14. But sometimes we love nothing more than just meeting at a local establishment to shoot the breeze with readers over a cup of coffee. So that’s what … Continue reading “Come Get Coffee With Xconomy at Our Tuesday Meetup. And GI Alumni, Bring Your Swag”
Xconomy Meetup With Luke Timmerman & Erin Kutz
Join Xconomy’s national biotech editor, Luke Timmerman, and Xconomy Boston associate editor Erin Kutz, for a free and informal “Xconomy Meetup.” There will be no program, just some time to meet and chat with the editors. This gathering will be from 10 am to 11:30 am on Nov. 8 at Voltage Coffee & Art, 295 … Continue reading “Xconomy Meetup With Luke Timmerman & Erin Kutz”
Langer Nabs Cash From Rock Stars, Verastem Seeks $50M IPO, Alnylam Snags RNAi Collab, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
We’ve seen life sciences headlines from a mix of established drugmakers and universities in New England this week. —Waltham, MA-based Repligen is picking up a unit of the Danish industrial-biotech products maker Novozymes A/S for about $22.7 million in cash. Repligen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RGEN]]) could also pay another roughly $5.6 million to the unit, Novozymes Biopharma … Continue reading “Langer Nabs Cash From Rock Stars, Verastem Seeks $50M IPO, Alnylam Snags RNAi Collab, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Proximetry Secures $1,806,343 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c48a62d9-f394-4a25-8fe0-8c0bffcb0b6a&Preview=1 Date 11/4/2011 Company Name Proximetry Mailing Address 909 W. Laurel Street San Diego, CA 92101 Company Description Proximetry provides wireless performance management solutions, for highly distributed, performance critical, multi-protocol wireless networks. Proximetry’s carrier-class software solution, AirSync, enables network operators, public safety, energy, and transportation organizations to provision and manage performance critical … Continue reading “Proximetry Secures $1,806,343 Series A Financing Round”
Zoosk Acquires WooMe for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9534d196-f89d-46b1-9853-3eb66e303965&Preview=1 Date 11/4/2011 Company Name WooMe Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90000 Company Description WooMe brings the speed dating craze online and extends it to let users meet new people live in fast, fun and free speed sessions. There are no long forms or lengthy profile descriptions, simply find a session … Continue reading “Zoosk Acquires WooMe for Undisclosed Sum”
Calisolar Garners $14,837,295 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82353dcb-3c89-43c1-838a-6f38a66400d0&Preview=1 Date 11/4/2011 Company Name Calisolar Mailing Address 985 Almanor Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description CaliSolar is a photovoltaic (PV) company that designs, patents, manufactures and markets solar cells in high volumes for the largest segments of the PV industry. Website http://www.calisolar.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,837,295 Transaction … Continue reading “Calisolar Garners $14,837,295 New Financing Round”
BridgeLux Obtains $14,290,184 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9974eb8-5ca2-4cf4-a09f-a8790909a964&Preview=1 Date 11/4/2011 Company Name BridgeLux Mailing Address 101 Portola Ave. Livermore, CA 94551 Company Description BridgeLux is a leading developer and provider of high power indium gallium nitride light emitting diodes (InGaN LEDs) which provide an efficient, reliable source of blue, green, or white light in various solid state lighting, mobile … Continue reading “BridgeLux Obtains $14,290,184 New Funding Round”
Lot18 Garners $30,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aa75d257-a294-4f9d-a187-8bfb46180da4&Preview=1 Date 11/4/2011 Company Name Lot18 Mailing Address 6 E. 32nd St. Sixth Floor New York, NY 10016 Company Description Lot18 is a membership by invitation website for wine and epicurean products from coveted producers at attractive discounts. Website http://www.lot18.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds … Continue reading “Lot18 Garners $30,000,000 Series C Round”
Ustream Secures $6,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=839ccca5-cc2c-402b-ac13-c9015e1653ed&Preview=1 Date 11/4/2011 Company Name Ustream Mailing Address 274 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Ustream is a platform for live online interactive video broadcasts that lets people everywhere connect, interact and engage with one another more deeply. Ustream.TV allows anyone with a camera, computer, and Internet connection to broadcast … Continue reading “Ustream Secures $6,000,000 New Round”
TechStars Seattle Demos: One Room, 10 Startups, Tons of Potential
David Cohen has seen this movie before. As the founder and CEO of TechStars, he knows that the first year in any city is about building community, making impressions, and proving the model. Then things get turned up a notch. “Year one is a lot of excitement, the town really supports it,” Cohen said. “People come … Continue reading “TechStars Seattle Demos: One Room, 10 Startups, Tons of Potential”
Optimer Pulls in $10.6M in Sales, With Commercial Rollout of New Antibiotic
San Diego-based Optimer Pharmaceuticals is new to this idea of being a commercial enterprise, but it did OK in its first quarter with an actual product to sell. Optimer (NASDAQ: [[ticker:OPTR]]) said today it generated $10.6 million in net sales of fidaxomicin (Dificid) in the quarter that ended on Sept. 30. The drug, a treatment … Continue reading “Optimer Pulls in $10.6M in Sales, With Commercial Rollout of New Antibiotic”
Yaletown Venture Partners Opening Up Seattle Office, Led by Kirk Washington
Yaletown Venture Partners, the Vancouver, BC-based startup investor, said today that one of its founding partners, Kirk Washington, has opened up an office in Seattle. Yaletown made the announcement at the Venture Northwest Conference in Portland, OR, according to a statement on the firm’s website. The firm, which raised funds in 2003 and 2008, has … Continue reading “Yaletown Venture Partners Opening Up Seattle Office, Led by Kirk Washington”
Massive Health’s App Data Proves It: People Eat More Junk Food at Work
Yesterday we told you about The Eatery, a new iPhone app from San Francisco-based Massive Health. The app lets users snap photos of their meals, rate how healthy they are, and get a reality check on those ratings from other users. While the app is designed to be fun, it also has a serious point—if … Continue reading “Massive Health’s App Data Proves It: People Eat More Junk Food at Work”
Seattle Genetics Beats Expectations With $10M Sales in Lymphoma Drug Debut
[Update: 2:55 pm PT] Seattle Genetics handily beat Wall Street expectations by selling $10 million worth of its new lymphoma drug in its first 30 business days on the market. The Bothell, WA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) said today it generated $10 million in net product sales in the quarter ended Sept. 30, according to its … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics Beats Expectations With $10M Sales in Lymphoma Drug Debut”
Xconomists of the Week: Tom Maniatis and Marc Tessier-Lavigne Lead the Charge on the New York Genome Center
Today marked the official launch of the New York Genome Center, a collaboration among 11 top academic institutions that’s designed to accelerate genomic research. The initiative—supported by the City of New York and private and public institutions—is being guided by two of our Xconomists: Rockefeller University’s Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who will serve on the center’s board … Continue reading “Xconomists of the Week: Tom Maniatis and Marc Tessier-Lavigne Lead the Charge on the New York Genome Center”
Facebook Grabs New Seattle Office, Doubling Space for More Hires
Facebook’s Seattle office, the social networking giant’s biggest engineering presence outside its Palo Alto, CA headquarters, is doubling its footprint to make room for more engineers. Facebook Seattle opened in August 2010 with three employees, and has grown to about 60 people in the year-plus since then, the company says. Some key early projects that … Continue reading “Facebook Grabs New Seattle Office, Doubling Space for More Hires”
UW Spinoff PhysioSonics Snaps up $2.5M Defense Grant to Monitor Brain Blood Flow
Bellevue, WA-based PhysioSonics has picked up a $2.5 million grant from a military agency to see if its ultrasound technology can be adapted to the battlefield. PhysioSonics said today it has gotten the grant from the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, an organization at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, located at … Continue reading “UW Spinoff PhysioSonics Snaps up $2.5M Defense Grant to Monitor Brain Blood Flow”
Founder Dialogues VI
This edition of Founder Dialogues features Wayfair (formerly CSN Stores) founders Niraj Shah and Steven Conine. Sign up here for the chat moderated by Founder Collective’s Eric Paley.
TechTown’s Charlton Wins $100K Purpose Prize
Randal Charlton, who recently announced he’s stepping down as TechTown’s executive director to lead a program aimed at assisting baby boomers who want to become entrepreneurs, has just been awarded the 2011 Purpose Prize. This annual $100,000 award honors social entrepreneurs over 60 who use their experience and passion to effectively address societal challenges. Charlton … Continue reading “TechTown’s Charlton Wins $100K Purpose Prize”
Deals Inked for Basho, Innocentive
Boston’s big data cluster recently got some attention at the MassTLC Innovation UnConference, and Basho Technologies, one of the companies in the space, followed up this week with a funding announcement. Check out that news and another IT financing below. —Basho, a Cambridge, MA-based developer of data storage and management software, announced it had pulled … Continue reading “Deals Inked for Basho, Innocentive”
Tablets, the Next Big Thing
We are at the beginning of the tablet revolution. Tablet computers are redefining the “mobile computing” space and taking the world of consumer electronics by storm. Four factors have come into play at an opportune time: physical design, functionality, broadband wireless, and the convenient availability of compelling apps through app stores. Such features have enabled … Continue reading “Tablets, the Next Big Thing”
Both Sword and Shield: Establishing Effective Intellectual Property in Bioscience
Bioscience companies rely more heavily on having an effective intellectual property portfolio than do companies based on other technologies. Often, the time required to reach product commercialization in biosciences is several years in the future. As a result, one of the greatest assets for the company is its intellectual property portfolio. Updated With Recent Court … Continue reading “Both Sword and Shield: Establishing Effective Intellectual Property in Bioscience”
SDEE Twofer: Janssen Labs Overview and the Importance of Being “Fundable”
The San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange has invited Prescience International founder and CEO Melinda Richter to talk about the new Janssen Labs at San Diego, an incubator for early stage life sciences entrepreneurs. Prescience is managing the innovation center, which is designed as a flexible lab environment for start-up companies pursuing new technologies and research platforms … Continue reading “SDEE Twofer: Janssen Labs Overview and the Importance of Being “Fundable””
Infographic: College or Incubator for Startup Founders?
[Updated 11/4 at 2:30 pm] Not everyone can be a Gates, Allen, Jobs, or Zuckerberg—founders who dropped out of college and went on to change the technology industry by starting landmark companies. But there are more options available for budding entrepreneurs these days, most notably the explosion of incubators, accelerators, and other startup nurseries that … Continue reading “Infographic: College or Incubator for Startup Founders?”
Verastem, the 15-Month Old Christoph Westphal Venture in Cancer Stem Cells, Seeks IPO
Cambridge, MA-based Verastem has big names and big science on its side, which a lot of startups have, but now it’s doing something quite unconventional for a company that’s just 15 months old—it’s trying to go public. Verastem, the company led by former Sirtris Pharmaceuticals CEO Christoph Westphal and founded on science from MIT luminaries … Continue reading “Verastem, the 15-Month Old Christoph Westphal Venture in Cancer Stem Cells, Seeks IPO”
TEDMED Walking, FDA Clears Pacira Drug, Zogenix Close to NDA, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Drug approvals and advances in new cancer therapies were the prevailing themes in San Diego’s life sciences news over the past week. Our briefing begins now. —TEDMED, the exclusive medical and healthcare symposium that died in 2004 and was resurrected in 2009, is now the walking TEDMED. The entertaining show with a mix of big … Continue reading “TEDMED Walking, FDA Clears Pacira Drug, Zogenix Close to NDA, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Medivation, Astellas Prostate Cancer Drug Helps Men Live Longer; Shares Skyrocket
[Updated: 7:10 am PT] San Francisco-based Medivation has some big news to report today with a prostate cancer drug candidate that has been shown to prolong lives. Medivation (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MDVN]]) and its partner, Japan-based Astellas Pharma, said today that their experimental drug MDV3100 was able to prolong lives of men with advanced prostate cancer by … Continue reading “Medivation, Astellas Prostate Cancer Drug Helps Men Live Longer; Shares Skyrocket”
Trade Shows Go Virtual at ON24; The Civilized Alternative to Second Life?
The boardroom windows at ON24 look out over San Francisco’s Moscone Center, the city’s largest convention complex. Every year, Moscone is home to giant events like Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Oracle OpenWorld, Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce, and the MacWorld Expo; in fiscal year 2009-2010, more than 919,000 registered event attendees visited the complex. But as busy as … Continue reading “Trade Shows Go Virtual at ON24; The Civilized Alternative to Second Life?”
The Accidental Entrepreneur: David Skok of Matrix Partners Talks Marketing Lessons, VMware Killers, and VC Missteps
His last name means “forest” in Norwegian. Which is appropriate, because this guy sees the forest for the trees. David Skok of Matrix Partners is one of the most talked-about venture capitalists in town, among young entrepreneurs and experienced ones alike. He is best known for his investments in JBoss, the open source middleware company … Continue reading “The Accidental Entrepreneur: David Skok of Matrix Partners Talks Marketing Lessons, VMware Killers, and VC Missteps”
NPS Pharma’s Not-So-Excellent Wall Street Adventure
On Monday morning, the phones were ringing off the hook at NPS Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NPSP]]) Bedminster, N.J. headquarters, but no one could hear them. The freak autumn snowstorm over the weekend knocked out the company’s phone lines. And CEO Francois Nader and other top executives had lost power at their nearby homes, so they couldn’t charge … Continue reading “NPS Pharma’s Not-So-Excellent Wall Street Adventure”
Dendreon Shares Tank Again, Elias Joins Gates Foundation, Seattle Children’s Gets $50M, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
This was a week of volatile ups and downs in Seattle biotech. Yeah, I know, what’s new? —Seattle-based Dendreon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]), the cancer drug developer that so many people love to hate, gave its critics some more ammunition in its quarterly financial report. The company reported $64.3 million in third quarter sales, which slightly edged … Continue reading “Dendreon Shares Tank Again, Elias Joins Gates Foundation, Seattle Children’s Gets $50M, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Sanford-Burnham Joins Fold at Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation
San Diego’s Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute says today it’s joining the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI), a global network that New York-based Pfizer established a year ago to foster collaborations between basic research and clinical applications. The Pfizer network of drug discovery innovation centers includes academic medical centers in San Francisco, Boston, New York, and … Continue reading “Sanford-Burnham Joins Fold at Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation”
Tru.ly’s Tech Takes a Crack at Verifying Online Identity for Liquor Websites, Gaming, Online Dating and More
Take a former D.C. lobbyist who’s now the owner of a chain of liquor stores, mix him with some security software engineers and you get Cambridge, MA-based Tru.ly. The startup’s software enables users to verify that they are who in fact they say they are online. Web users can apply for credentials via Tru.ly, with … Continue reading “Tru.ly’s Tech Takes a Crack at Verifying Online Identity for Liquor Websites, Gaming, Online Dating and More”
InnoCentive Obtains $1,701,321 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e42f714-72ee-4619-86e4-985c2adcd08a&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name InnoCentive Mailing Address 610 Lincoln St. Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description InnoCentive is an exciting new web-based community matching top scientists to relevant R&D challenges facing leading companies from around the globe. Website http://www.innocentive.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,701,321 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Undisclosed … Continue reading “InnoCentive Obtains $1,701,321 New Financing Round”
Sand 9 Garners $3,095,262 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd16d165-b1f5-4002-ac52-a121deece6bc&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Sand 9 Mailing Address One Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description Sand 9, Inc. is a venture funded startup company, dedicated to the design of Radio Frequency components that will dramatically improve the performance and increase the capabilities of wireless devices. Our disruptive proprietary technology offers … Continue reading “Sand 9 Garners $3,095,262 New Financing”
ProLacta BioSciences Receives Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e1a28c2-38e9-4fb4-84f3-82f7500e12e8&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name ProLacta BioSciences Mailing Address 605 E Huntington Dr. Monrovia, CA 91016 Company Description Prolacta Bioscience, headquartered in Monrovia, California is a life sciences company that provides specialty formulations of human milk for the immunological and nutritional needs of premature and critically ill infants. Website http://www.prolacta.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “ProLacta BioSciences Receives Series D Funding Round”
Coraid Receives $50,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00f64c8f-2738-46d3-bdf7-7d40eec8548f&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Coraid Mailing Address 255 Shoreline Dr. Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Coraid redefines storage economics with its breakthrough line of EtherDrive storage solutions. EtherDrive delivers scale-out performance, Ethernet simplicity, and 5-8x price performance advantage over legacy storage. Website http://www.coraid.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 … Continue reading “Coraid Receives $50,000,000 New Round”
Delivery Agent Receives $35,500,000 Series E Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=93256dfb-c8db-487f-9dc8-eca15b302e6a&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Delivery Agent Mailing Address 300 California St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Delivery Agent, Inc., is the leader in shopping-enabled entertainment for television shows, movies, magazines, sports, and music videos. Website http://www.deliveryagent.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $35,500,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds … Continue reading “Delivery Agent Receives $35,500,000 Series E Funding”
Tracelytics Receives $600,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2d819e4-2c01-4e05-96ad-380d58769458&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Tracelytics Mailing Address 171 Chestnut Street 2nd Floor Providence, RI 02903 Company Description Tracelytics is the SaaS-based application performance tool that understands scalable web architectures. Erase the boundaries between applications, layers, and machines; start tracing. Website http://www.tracelytics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $600,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “Tracelytics Receives $600,000 Seed Financing”
OnForce Obtains New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ee571ad-7c63-415a-8f7b-f52a8f093131&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name OnForce Mailing Address 10 Maguire Road Bldg. 2 Lexington, MA 02421 Company Description OnForce is the industry’s first and most advanced on-demand marketplace on the web for on-site technology services in the U.S. OnForce enables large and small enterprises to compete more effectively in today’s global digital … Continue reading “OnForce Obtains New Funding Round”
Tangent Medical Technologies Garners $4,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7dae3c99-3601-426e-9af4-0583de486185&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Tangent Medical Technologies Mailing Address 58 Parkland Plaza Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Company Description Tangent Medical Technologies, Inc., is a development stage medical device development company formed in 2009 as a spinout from the University of Michigan’s Medical Innovation Center fellowship program. Website http://www.tangentmedical.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Tangent Medical Technologies Garners $4,500,000 Series A Round”
Groupon Lands $700,000,000 IPO Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e8624200-4d12-4d22-9111-37433af8aca4&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Groupon Mailing Address 600 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60654 Company Description Launched in November 2008, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in a variety of cities across the United States. We have about 40 wonderful … Continue reading “Groupon Lands $700,000,000 IPO Round”
CallCopy Garners $6,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=264d5005-31e0-489f-8551-c52210ead980&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name CallCopy Mailing Address 530 W. Spring St Columbus, OH 43215 Company Description CallCopy, Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has established itself as a leading provider of innovative call recording and contact center solutions through its commitment to the highest standards of customer and employee satisfaction. Website http://www.callcopy.com … Continue reading “CallCopy Garners $6,500,000 New Financing”
Kicksend Garners $1,800,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4c9426b7-b56f-4da5-9bc3-0b39133c3049&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Kicksend Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description File-sharing these days is much more difficult and complicated than it needs to be, and people are finding it confusing to easily share files without compromising and without having to jump through hoops. Kicksend (formerly Receivd) is … Continue reading “Kicksend Garners $1,800,000 Seed Financing Round”
Kaggle Secures $11,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cb446962-d54a-4285-8c6d-9b8a58fd4c42&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Kaggle Mailing Address 665 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Kaggle is an innovative solution for statistical/analytics outsourcing. We are the leading platform for predictive modeling competitions. Website http://www.kaggle.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Kaggle Secures $11,000,000 Series A Round”
gogobot Garners $15,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=57925d89-cdab-4fd2-ad27-fe75aa5f5720&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name gogobot Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Whether it is a week’s vacation, a business trip or a weekend getaway, we believe planning your trip should be almost as fun as the trip itself. We believe the best advice comes from people you trust … Continue reading “gogobot Garners $15,000,000 New Funding Round”
Evisors Obtains $600,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b28e8040-7410-4194-9c46-294f72773a7a&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Evisors Mailing Address 44 W 28th St 8th floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description Evisors provides real and personal conversations over the phone or via email with qualified experts across a range of topics. Website http://www.evisors.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $600,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “Evisors Obtains $600,000 Seed Financing”
Art.sy Garners $6,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cbf0cc02-8d93-4443-a050-ec9ab42ab382&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2011 Company Name Art.sy Mailing Address 902 Broadway Floor 4 New York, NY 10010 Company Description Art.sy is a new way to discover art you’ll love, featuring work from leading galleries, museums and private collections around the world. Website http://www.art.sy Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Art.sy Garners $6,000,000 Series A Funding”